Nikita
Elton John
1985
jaar
Top 40
1
piekpositie
Top 40
19
weken
Top 40
605
punten
Top 40
Het lied gaat over zijn verlangen naar een Oost-Duitse grensbewaakster. In de videoclip werd zij gespeeld door de Britse actrice Anya Rajah (Major), tegenwoordig kunstenares en moeder van 3 kinderen. Het werd Eltons eerste nummer 1-hit in Nederland en stond 7 weken boven aan de Top 40. George Michael was een van de achtergrondzangers en Nik Kershaw speelde mee op de gitaar.
Trivia
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Nikita
Lengte A-kant
4:54
Componist(en) A-kant
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s) A-kant
Gus Dudgeon
Engineer(s) A-kant
Stuart Epps
Titel B-kant
The Man Who Never Died
Lengte B-kant
5:10
Componist(en) B-kant
Elton John
Producer(s) B-kant
Elton John, Clive Franks
Platenlabel
The Rocket Record Company
Catalogusnr
884 173-7
Hoogste positie UK
3
Hoogste positie US
7
Album
Ice on Fire
Songtekst
(c)1985 Big Pig Music Ltd.
Hey Nikita is it cold
in your little corner of the world
You could roll around the globe
and never find a warmer soul to know
Oh I saw you by the wall
ten of your tin soldiers in a row
With eyes that looked ice on fire
the human heart a captive in the snow
Oh Nikita you will never know
anything about my home
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you (Oh no)
Nikita I need you so
Oh Nikita is the other side
of any given line in time
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row, oh no
Nikita you'll never know
Do you ever dream of me
do you ever read the letters that I write
When you look up through the wire
Nikita do you count the stars at night
And if there comes a time
guns and gates no longer hold you in
And if you're free to make a choice
just look towards the west and find a friend
Oh Nikita you will never know
anything about my home
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you (Oh no)
Oh Nikita you will never know
never know anything about my home
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you
Nikita I need you so
Oh Nikita is the other side
of any given line in time
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row
oh Nikita you'll never know
(Nikita) counting ten tin soldiers in a row [2x]
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